On the Move

Frontiers September 2015 Issue

ON THE MOVE Poland is a nation of change and innovation, and Boeing seeks to grow its long-standing presence there By Eric Fetters-Wal p Poland has an expanding economy, a highly educated population and a growing manufacturing base, all located in the heart of Europe. Since communism ended in Poland a quarter-century ago, the nation’s economic output has more than tripled, and the country has become a prominent member of the European Union. Stan Prusinski, Business Development director for Boeing Defense, Space & Security in Central and Eastern Europe, visited Poland several times before it underwent revolutionary changes in 1989. It is an entirely different place now, he said. “The Poles have crammed 50 years of economic development and political democracy into the past 25 years,” said Prusinski, the son of Polish immigrants to the U.S. “Poland has perhaps changed more than any other country in the region.” Marc Allen, president of Boeing International, said Poland often has acted as a “first mover.” The nation was among the first former Warsaw Pact nations to dramatically transform economically in the early 1990s. The country’s 86-year-old flag carrier, LOT Polish Airlines, was the first airline in Central Europe to operate the 767, and the first in all of Europe to take delivery of the 787 Dreamliner. Poland’s armed forces are the first in Europe to acquire the ScanEagle unmanned aircraft system, made 42 Boein g Frontie rs


Frontiers September 2015 Issue
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